Maps and Charts

China

Charts,
maps and plans in this section date from the first of the two 'opium wars'
between 1839 and go through to about 1880. Of significant importance is that
these maps and plans were either commissioned, surveyed and drawn with the
simple purpose of information gathering which would lead to invasion. Many of
the names of towns and cities do not necessarily translate to those by which we
know them today but they are nevertheless an important historical record of China
at the time.